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| Author: | Ven, H. J. Van de |
| Title: | Public finance and the rise of warlordism |
| Journal: | Modern Asian Studies
1996 : OCT, VOL. 30:4, p. 829-868 |
| Index terms: | PUBLIC FINANCE WAR CHINA |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Previous studies of the rise of warlordism have focused on the devolution of power after the Taiping Rebellion and the failure of political leaders to create a workable order after the 1911 Revolution. This article offers an initial exploration of the fiscal background. Foreign indemnities imposed after the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 and large scale borrowing by the Qing before 1911 and by the Republic subsequently resulted in a severe fiscal crisis for the central state, with the following conequences. |
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